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Most people know the Texas Department of Public Safety keeps our highways and roads safe on a daily basis, but they also have an eye in the sky. Texas DPS has 15 helicopters statewide. Region 2 is responsible for covering dozens of counties in southeast Texas. “The Southeast headquarters covers 35 counties. That’s what this aircraft unit is responsible for, but they can go beyond,” Sergeant Stephen Woodard says. “There’s been times where they had…

CROSBY, Texas (FOX 26) – Arkema and one of its executives were indicted by a grand jury on a new charge in connection to the fire at the Crosby plant during Hurricane Harvey, Harris County District Atttorney Kim Ogg announced on Wednesday. Ogg says Michael Keough, the vice president of logistics, was indicted by a grand jury on a charge of reckless assault. The district attorney’s office says Arkema and Keough caused “bodily injury to…

PASADENA, Texas — The National Weather Service confirms that some of the damage from Sunday’s storms was caused by a tornado. The EF-1 tornado touched down in Pasadena on Shaver Road near Fairmont Parkway.  Air 11 flew over the damage on Monday. A wall was ripped from a business, and tarps were placed on the roofs of nearby homes. THE NWS said the tornado only lasted two minutes and traveled only 30 yards. It also…

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — The National Weather Service says a second tornado has been confirmed from  yesterday’s storms, this one in Montgomery County.  It hit in the town of Montgomery. The NWS says it was an EF-0, which has winds between 65 and 85 miles per hour. There is no word of injuries. A tornado touched down in Pasadena on Sunday. It was an EF-1, which had winds between 86 and 110 miles per hour. …

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — The National Weather Service says a second tornado has been confirmed, this one in Montgomery County.  It hit on Sunday and it came in as an EF-0. There is no word on injuries at this time. A tornado touched down in Pasadena on Sunday. It had winds between 86 and 110 miles per hour. For more on that story, click here.

Alice and Dolores Torres, in the living room of their Southeast Houston home. This piece was produced as part of 1A Across America, a two-year collaboration to incorporate more local and regional voices into the national conversation.  Leading up to the 2020 elections, 1A’s production team will work closely with Houston Public Media to bring the region’s underreported issues and concerns to 1A’s national audience. On April 8, 1A was broadcast live from the studios at Houston Public Media. …

PASADENA, Texas — The National Weather Service confirms that some of the damage from Sunday’s storms was caused by a tornado. The EF-1 tornado touched down in Pasadena.  Air 11 flew over the damage on Monday. A wall was ripped from a business, and tarps were placed on the roofs of nearby homes. Across Houston trees were knocked down along with power lines. The Pasadena tornado was part of a line of severe storms that…